Sirikanya Tansakun

Sirikanya Tansakun (Thai: ศิริกัญญา ตันสกุล) is a Thai politician and former academic, serving as the deputy leader of the People's Party, the de facto successor to the Move Forward Party, which was dissolved by the Constitutional Court in August 2024.

[3][4][5] She graduated from Thammasat University with a bachelor's and master's degree in economics and later earned a master's degree from the University of Toulouse[6] Tansakun previously served as a research fellow at the Thailand Development Research Institute.

[7][8] She served as head of the Move Forward Party's economic policy team.

[9] In February 2024, Sirikanya Tansakun criticized Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's public arguments with the Bank of Thailand regarding a push to lower interest rates.

[1][2][11] In September 2024, Tansakun warned that Thailand's debt and interest burden would lead to a credit downgrade.